My Exciting, Fun-Filled Weekend

I got a phone call from my Dad a few hours ago. "I could tell you were still sick," he said, "because you haven't updated your web page." Alas, 'tis true. I actually feel rather less sickly today than I did yesterday, but my cold has now moved down into my chest, as almost invariably happens any more. Based on my record, I'll be lucky if it doesn't change into bronchitis and settle in for six months.

So, most of what I'd planned on doing this weekend ended up not happening. I was supposed to go to a BBQ and a gaming session today, and I tried to talk myself into doing so... But BBQ seems pretty pointless, given my current inability to taste anything; my hacking, phlegmy cough doubtless makes me not very fun to be around; and I'm feeling listless and fuzzy-brained enough that I probably wouldn't have a whole lot of fun, either. So, well, here I am, sitting in my PJs at home.

My friend from Albuquerque did end up coming down to visit, even though I warned her that I really wasn't up for any activities more interesting that lying around in front of the TV. This actually seemed to suit her well enough... She got access to my extensive multimedia library, and in exchange ended up making me tea and listening to me bitch and moan endlessly about the state of my sinuses. We watched eight episodes of Farscape, three entire seasons of Blackadder, a Doctor Who and a couple of Red Dwarfs. I should mention that this selection of viewing material was entirely selected by my friend. There are reasons why I hang around with the people that I do!

Oh, yeah, and we also watched (most of) Planet of the Apes on AMC. It'd been a long time since I'd seen that one, and, frankly, I'd forgotten how much of a classic it really was. It's interesting: despite the lack of expression on the latex ape-faces and the fact that Charlton Heston's acting mostly consists of a lot of shouting and ranting, the movie actually does prove that even heavy-handed social commentary can be done interestingly and well and still hold up 35 years later.

Anyway, after three days of taking it easy, I'll hopefully be feeling well enough to be OK at work on Sunday night. The only annoying thing is that I'd kind of like to just curl up and go back to sleep now, and I really should try and stay awake for a while so I can spend the day asleep tomorrow and be rested for the night shift. Hmm, maybe I should have gone gaming... At least that would have kept me awake.